Publications
Governance of areas beyond national jurisdiction for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
13 September 2018
13 September 2018
Category: Deep Seas & Biodiversity
Type of document: Technical papers
The study describes the governance landscape in ABNJ within the Western Indian Ocean and the South East Pacific with a view to understanding what progress has been made towards a collaborative and integrated cross-sectoral approach to area-based planning in ABNJ, and what potential challenges and opportunities exist when considering such an objective within these regions. The results of this study are designed to contribute to the UN Environment component of the GEF ABNJ Deep Seas Project, 1 which focuses on developing and testing area-based planning methodologies in ABNJ within the Western Indian Ocean and the South East Pacific.
Capacity assessment for the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific: Area based planning in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
13 September 2018
13 September 2018
Category: Deep Seas & Biodiversity
Type of document: Technical papers
This capacity assessment summarises the existing capacity of the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS) Secretariat and member countries of the CPPS to undertake area based planning in ABNJ of the South-East Pacific Ocean pilot area. This includes their collective capacity to work within existing frameworks and with the competent bodies operating in ABNJ. It is based on the capacity assessment session run at the ABNJ GEF workshop in Guayaquil, Ecuador 7-8th November 2016.
Capacity assessment for area based planning in areas beyond national jurisdiction for the Nairobi Convention
13 September 2018
13 September 2018
Category: Deep Seas & Biodiversity
Type of document: Technical papers
This capacity assessment summarises the existing capacity of the Nairobi Convention Secretariat and member countries of the Nairobi Convention to undertake area based planning in ABNJ. This includes their collective capacity to work within existing frameworks and with the competent bodies operating in ABNJ. It is based on the capacity assessment session run at the ABNJ GEF workshop in Mahe, Seychelles 13 – 14th October 2016.
Category: Deep Seas & Biodiversity
Type of document: Technical papers
Connectivity can be defined as the physical or ecological conditions that allow living organisms and non-living material to move between, or influence, habitats, species populations or assemblages that are intermittently isolated in space or time. This document provides an introduction to two forms of connectivity, functional and structural, and discusses these in terms of transboundary considerations. There are a number of other forms of connectivity, such as genetic connectivity, all of which are interlinked within the ocean system and can be transboundary in nature and vary in scale across the ocean. This presents an important challenges to planning (and management) processes, including regional-scale planning processes such as Regional Sea Programmes. This document therefore provides an introduction to connectivity in the marine environment in a spatial planning context. Through this, the first steps are taken in terms of in helping states assess the relevance of the ABNJ in their planning processes.
A review of area-based planning tools - What is the potential for cross-sectoral planning in areas beyond national jurisdiction?
13 September 2018
13 September 2018
Category: Deep Seas & Biodiversity
Type of document: Technical papers
The main objective of this review is to examine a number of area-based planning tools and identify key features that enable them to be used for cross-sectoral area-based planning in support of the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in ABNJ. The tools examined will include those that already exist within national jurisdiction and those only occurring in ABNJ. Ultimately, the review is seeking to provide an indication as to how area-based planning tools can support— or are already supporting— cross-sectoral planning. The results of this review will be used to guide the development of a dedicated area-based planning methodology to support biodiversity conservation and sustainable use objectives in marine ABNJ.

